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Scientists debate CDC recommendations during meningitis outbreak

(Eurekalert) A pair of commentaries to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy highlight a debate within the public health community surrounding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for treatment of exposed individuals during last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak. Manuscripts of the commentaries were published ahead of print Read More »

February 6, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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A Possible Answer For Protection Against Chemical / Biological Agents, Fuel Leaks, And Coffee Stains

(MedicalNewsToday) A recent discovery funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) may very well lead to a process that not only benefits every uniformed service member of the Department of Defense, but everyone else as well: protection from Chemical/Biological agents, to self-cleaning apparel, to effortless thermal management, to fuel purification as well Read More »

February 5, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Biotechnology, and Research
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CFIA: Biosecurity for Canadian Dairy Farms National Standard Released – Marketwire (press release)

CFIA: Biosecurity for Canadian Dairy Farms National Standard ReleasedMarketwire (press release)"The biosecurity standard will be a tool for all proactive farmers who want to bring animal health to a superior level. It complements standards we already have for on-farm food safety in the Canadian Quality Milk program, and other efforts dairy …and more »

February 5, 2013
| Filed under Biosafety
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Syrian WMD Facility Affected in Israeli Attack, U.S. Officials Say

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) A suspected key Syrian site for development of biological and chemical arms seemingly sustained some level of harm last week during an Israeli airstrike on a transport of antiaircraft weapons, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Previous reports have indicated the Jan. 30 strike was focused on vehicles believed to be carry weapons Read More »

February 4, 2013
| Filed under Middle East, Biological Weapons, Biosafety, and International
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House investigators seek BioWatch documents

(LosAngelesTimes) Leaders of a House committee probing BioWatch, the nation’s troubled system for detecting biological attacks, complained Thursday that administration officials had blocked them from seeing documents held by two senior federal scientists known to have been privately skeptical of the nationwide program. The materials are of particular interest to congressional investigators, in part because Read More »